Author: William D. Lindsey

I'm a retired academic, with a Ph.D. and M.A. in theology from Toronto School of Theology, an M.A. in english from Tulane University, and a B.A. in English from Loyola University, New Orleans. Published work includes Fiat Flux: The Writings of Wilson R. Bachelor, Nineteenth-Century Country Doctor and Philosopher (Fayetteville: Univ. of Arkansas Press, 2013), and (with William L. Russell and Mary Ryan) A Family Practice: The Russell Doctors and the Evolving Business of Medicine, 1799–1989 (Fayetteville: Univ. of Arkansas Press, 2020).

Agnes Whitlock (1793 – 1858) and Husband John Grayson: An Addendum

January 29, 2023

A note to tell readers who may have read this previous posting about Agnes Whitlock, daughter of Charles Whitlock and Mary Davies, and her husband John Grayson, that I’ve added the following information (with the sketch above) to that posting: In the prints and photographs section of its special collections department, the Library of Virginia … More Agnes Whitlock (1793 – 1858) and Husband John Grayson: An Addendum

David Dinsmore, Ulster-Scots Loyalist in South Carolina and Nova Scotia Exile: Every Life Worth a Novel (8)

January 28, 2023

Or, Subtitled: New Documents Casting New Light on Old Mysteries And now another addendum to a series of postings from the past — these tracking the life of my ancestor David Dinsmore, who was born in Ulster in 1750, arrived from Belfast with his wife Margaret aboard the Earl of Donegal in Charleston, South Carolina, on 10 … More David Dinsmore, Ulster-Scots Loyalist in South Carolina and Nova Scotia Exile: Every Life Worth a Novel (8)

Children of Charles Whitlock (abt. 1773 – 1796) and Wife Mary Davies: Agnes Whitlock (1793 – 1858) and Husband John Grayson (2)

January 28, 2023

Or, Subtitled: Turnpikes, Creeks, and Neighborhood Battles over the Route of a Road After I posted yesterday about Agnes Whitlock (1793-1858), daughter of Charles Whitlock and Mary Davies of Wythe County, Virginia, and her husband John Grayson (1787-1874), I ran across two documents that provide interesting information about John. I’d like to share these now as … More Children of Charles Whitlock (abt. 1773 – 1796) and Wife Mary Davies: Agnes Whitlock (1793 – 1858) and Husband John Grayson (2)

Children of Charles Whitlock (abt. 1773 – 1796) and Wife Mary Davies: Agnes Whitlock (1793 – 1858) and Husband John Grayson

January 27, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “No man in the county enjoyed more thoroughly the esteem and respect of his people” As my last posting states, Charles Whitlock and wife Mary Davies had two daughters, Agnes and Hannah, who are named in the Whitlock vs. Whitlock chancery court case file documenting the lawsuit their mother’s uncle William Davies filed on their … More Children of Charles Whitlock (abt. 1773 – 1796) and Wife Mary Davies: Agnes Whitlock (1793 – 1858) and Husband John Grayson

Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Charles Whitlock (abt. 1773 – 1796) and Wife Mary Davies

January 23, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “He was Living in the House with Thomas Whitlock at the time his Sone Charles was killd by the fall of a tree” The next child of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and wife Hannah Phillips, their third child if I have their children in correct order, was a son Charles Whitlock. … More Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Charles Whitlock (abt. 1773 – 1796) and Wife Mary Davies

Additions and Corrections to Previous Posting: John Hammons’s Daughter Elizabeth and Husband King L. Henderson

January 21, 2023

In my last posting, I stated that John Hammons’s daughter Elizabeth appears to have been born 1805-1810, and that she married a Henderson, according to Becky Shrader’s testimony about John’s children in 1831. I also concluded that, because Elizabeth is not named in the 1838 list of John’s children the linked posting cites, she had … More Additions and Corrections to Previous Posting: John Hammons’s Daughter Elizabeth and Husband King L. Henderson

Children of John Hammons (1770/2 – 1828) and His Whitlock Wife

January 20, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “There are six now living, two dead“ In what follows, I’ll tell you what I know of the children of John Hammons and his wife who was a daughter of Thomas Whitlock and whose given name I have not discovered. I do not have proof positive that all of these children were born … More Children of John Hammons (1770/2 – 1828) and His Whitlock Wife

Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married John Hammons (2)

January 16, 2023

Or, Subtitled: “Defts who first being duly sworn on the Holy Evangalists depose as follows“ Warren County, Tennessee, Years, 1807-1819 As the previous posting indicates, John Hammons Jr. disappears from the Wayne County tax list after 1807, when he moved with his father and brothers Leroy and Woodson to Warren County, Tennessee. On 7 August … More Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married John Hammons (2)

Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married John Hammons (1)

January 15, 2023

Or, Subtitled: A Cross-Slit and Underkeel in Each Ear — The Value of Earmarks in Genealogy According to Margaret Austin of Bay Village, Ohio, who researched the Hammons family exhaustively for years and shared her research notes with me in April 1997, Thomas Whitlock’s son-in-law John Hammons appears to have been born about 1770-2. Margaret … More Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married John Hammons (1)

Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married William Hannah

January 8, 2023

Or, Subtitled: Migrated from Surry County, North Carolina, to Sumner County, Tennessee, “and cast their lot in a land of strangers“ I’m now resuming my chronicle of the life and family of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) of Virginia and Kentucky, which I interrupted in the past several weeks to report on new information … More Children of Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 – 1830) and Wife Hannah Phillips: Daughter Who Married William Hannah